Module: Tweetwall

Defined in:
lib/tweetwall.rb,
lib/tweetwall/version.rb

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"0.0.4"

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details



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# File 'lib/tweetwall.rb', line 5

def self.print_tweets(twitter_user, number_of_tweets=5)
  tweet_html = String.new
  tweet_wall_html = String.new
  twitter_image = String.new
  twitter_feed = Array.new
  words = String.new

  begin
    # Get the tweets from the feed
    twitter_feed = Twitter.user_timeline(twitter_user)[0..number_of_tweets]

    # Get the twitter user's profile picture
    twitter_image = Twitter.user(twitter_user).profile_image_url

    tweet_wall_html = tweet_wall_html + '<div id="tweet_wall">'
    twitter_feed.each do |tweet|
      # Process the tweet
      tweet_html = tweet.text

      words = tweet_html.split(" ")
      words.each do |word|
        # if there's a hyperlink, make it clickable
        if word.start_with?("http://") or word.start_with?("https://")
          tweet_html = tweet_html.gsub(word, '<a href="' + word + '" target="_blank">' + word + '</a>') 
        end
  
        # if someone has been mentioned, make that clickable
        if word.start_with?("@")
          tweet_html = tweet_html.gsub(word, '<a href="http://www.twitter.com/#!/' + word.gsub(/\W$/, "").gsub("@", "") + '" target="_blank">' + word + '</a>')
        end
      end

      tweet_wall_html = tweet_wall_html + '<div class="tweet_line">'
      tweet_wall_html = tweet_wall_html + '<a href="http://www.twitter.com/#!/' + twitter_user + '" target="_blank"><img src="' + twitter_image + '" alt="" class="tweet_image" /></a> '
      tweet_wall_html = tweet_wall_html + '<span class="tweet_text">' + tweet_html + '</span><br />'
      tweet_wall_html = tweet_wall_html + '</div>'
    end
    tweet_wall_html = tweet_wall_html + '</div>'

    tweet_wall_html
  rescue
    "Unable to fetch tweets."
  ensure
    twitter_feed = nil
    twitter_image = nil
    tweet_wall_html = nil
    tweet_html = nil
    words = nil
  end
end